Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
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The horticultural association viii old lis
next meeting at Mitchell.
Mitchell, is expected TO have ~ extensive
grtst mill In the near future.
al estate transfers IN s oux Falls the past
year amounted to over 81, 600, 600.
Dan &. Needhsm, a. secretary OF the terri
torlal farmers alliance, will open an M;e at
Aberdeen.
Huron O.. A. r. post Is holding d fair this
week which will wind up with u Christmas
tree Saturday night.
j.. c. Adams, OF the Day County Farmer,
was married on the 9th u Mrs. Irene White,
at Eau Claire, Wis.
Far neIs about Harold save mony or coal
by ordering II through the ~alliance notwitt-
standing increased freight rates.
Harold asks bios on an ~srtesian well 3 coo
feet deep, or as much deeper as may be Lee
essary to get a good Cow of water.
students OF the seminary have formed a
society az W~essingtan Springs called the
"Alpha Literary Society of Wessir gton
Springs"
A Huron man Is building a miniature corn
patacc, fashioned after the capital az Wash
ington. Twenty different v.retles OF corn
are used IN It's construction.
A WatertoWn woman seut a whole Dakota
Christmas dinner, consisting OF roast TURKEY,
plum pudding, cranberry sauce and all the
trimmings, to her mother IN Vermont
The Dakota wheat crop of 1887 bids fair TO
overruL the 90, coo Goo bushels estimated by
COMMISSIONS p. F. Mcclure. Already 49,
coo, coo bushels have been marketed.
Thomas Fscy has been found guilty Of mur.
der in the frat degree at Ptmbina and will be
sentenced TO Imprisonment for life.
Thu queen Of the Gypsies was crowned Sat
Urday night at Fort G -orge. The sueen is an
intelligent Indian princess, recently married
TO a white man.
A new group Of tin mines near Rapid City
has been christened respectively Martha
Washington, " George" CHERRY Tree" and
Little Hatchet."
The Is smerck water works are now CON-
pletely under the control Of the water works
company. They have formerly been mainly
controlled by en- individual.
Mrs. Kate Noel, who has gained the reputa-
ton OF being one OF the most beautiful 40.
men in Fargo, has been granted a divorce
from her husband, Pierre Noel.
A new crusade is threatened against the
vast amount OF m1tilattd coin now in circu-
lation In Rapid City. The discount is TO be
applied IL the supply isn't soon exhausted.
The United States grand jury OF Fargo has
indicted Superintendent Graham, OF the
Northern Pac fc, under the Interstate law,
for refusing TO furnish cars to Hawk, of Buff
falo.
Judge Trip has issued a writ OF mardamus
against Ex.Gov. Pennington, city ~justlc', cit
ing him TO show why he wouldn't issue war
rants for certain inmates OF a house OK Ill.
fame.
The Yankton Press says that the records
show that DJkota contains but one cooper
shop, one crackar factory, one stone pollst-
ing works, one vinegar factory, one OIL mill
one oat meal mill and one paint factory.
The Rapid City board OF 'rade met Monday
evening. A telegram from Senator d ,wes
was read stating that John H. King WIS work
ing for the passage OF a bill different from the
reservation bill Of u ives. The secretary OF
the board was authorized TO instruct King to
work in harmony with Senator Dawes.
The queen OF the GyrsIes waS crowned
Saturday night at Fort George, twenty miles
below Pierre on the Sioux reservation. The
queen is Mrs. Douglas Carlin, the Intelligent
Indian princess recently married 70 a wni'e
man. The queen was loaded down with
presents ana looked as pretty as a picture.
The Williams Bros, editors OF the Hu,ch-
inson Herald, has been threatened by one G..
p. Harden with prosecution IL they use bis
name In their paper in any Communication
not founded On fact. Harden has already
brought suit against Mr.. True In the sum Of
80, 600 for alleged libel in a letter published
In the Herald.
Mayor Mills, Of Aberdeen, accompanied by
Phil Skill An, city attorney, appeared at the
laud office Saturday just before closing hours,
and, with the assistance Of Receiver Harris,
filed an application on behalf Of the city to
euter the Dayton quarter known a. "ssust-
terville." This is the land which was sur.
veyed into blocks and located upon by citi-
xens.
The Aberdeen Democrat, the new weekly,
appeared Saturday. 1t Is a six-cciumn quarto,
bearing the legend "By George L. Shoats'' al
the head OF the editorial column. Tue crest
ing announces uususlIH.d Democracy. The
gentlemen who are said to be interested with
Mr.. Shoats are l.. G. johnson, Charles Harris
and f &. Lodewick. 1t has been eagerly ar.
tIcipated because Of the known hostility of
the Republican to the territorial administra-
tien.
Two farmers, William Delalep and August
Lckerr, got Into = dispute the other night at
Meloy's saloon at Aberdeen, but, after . few
blows had b en- struck, a halt was called and
both psrti q agreed to 20 outside the city
limits ald fight to a finish with bare knuckles.
Immediately two drays we're pressed into ser
vice and, heavily loaded, started for q large
sand pit out On the school section west OF
town. The sheriff proved too soon for the
crowd, for when the crowd arrived At the bat
tie ground he wss waiting to receive them.
This. OF course, pnt a damper TO the sport,
ard the battle was declared OF until q more
inviting chance presents itself.
Caledonia is infested with p ,oks which re-